Hyperlocal news about Melbourne's first suburb: Fitzroy 3065

Tandoori Times on Gertrude St has closed

It looks like Tandoori Times Indian restaurant on Gertrude St has closed. I had a disappointing meal there in 2011 and haven’t been back since. It was probably the worst Indian restaurant in Fitzroy and had been prosecuted for food hygiene violations in 2010. With Gertrude St seeing the revamped Builders Arms hotel and the newly refreshed Anada nearby, the shabby Tandoori Times simply could not compete for customers.

the Mughal Indian has closed : The Mughal Indian is another relatively recent Johnston St closure. I’m interested in how the popularity of different cuisines changes over time. With the closure of the nearby Fitzroy Curry...

dinner at Tandoori Times on Gertrude St : I found myself at Tandoori Times on Gertrude St with a friend a few weeks ago. I’d eaten there years ago and had not been particularly impressed, but we were...

Roundhouse Roti on Gertrude St has closed : One of the most unreliable of restaurants, Roundhouse Roti on Gertrude St, has finally closed and the space is being renovated. Over the years it has opened and closed repeatedly...

Farewell Ume : I was very sad to learn that Ume Nomiya no longer exists. I haven’t been visiting Gertrude St a lot recently, until Friday night when I ate at The Builders...

4 comments

Good riddance! Had probably the worst Indian meal of my life here last year (didn’t know about the health notices at the time).

Indian restaurants in Fitzroy are obviously an endangered species, with Bangla Sweets also closing recently. We are still looking for a decent Indian in the hood, with the Fitzroy Curry House also failing to impress.

I’ve struggled to find a consistently decent Indian restaurant in Fitzroy that I would return to regularly, but there are a couple in Collingwood that I can vouch for – Indian Tukka (corner of Victroria Pde and Wellington St) is definitely worth a try – service can be a tad slow at times but the food always tastes extremely fresh and the flavours are amazing. I also enjoy eating at Punjubi Curry Cafe (Johnston St, near the Tote), which serves food of a consistently good standard and well priced (amazing tandoori chicken naan). It’s always heaving with taxi drivers, so they must be doing something right!

Location search

Clicking this button will result in the site asking your device to provide your location so the site can display content about places nearest to you. For best results use it in Fitzroy.

Privacy: your location data is not stored and is only used to compare your location to the site's content.

Requirements: a mobile device or a device with an HTML5 browser.

Text search

About Fitzroyalty

Fitzroyalty is a location aware hyperlocal news site for Fitzroy residents and visitors that was launched in May 2006. Read the about and hyperlocal pages for more information.

It features stories on the suburb of Fitzroy in Melbourne, Australia, and reflections on life from a socially libertarian, economically socialist, culturally anarchistic and radically individualistic point of view.

For locals

If you are organising a community event (school fete, art exhibition, art and craft market, etc) in the Fitzroy vicinity and would like some free promotion please email me with the details.